Very impatient! Want results NOW!!

Sounds like you might have some water retention going on, that's why your fingers feel "fat". Watch your sodium intake, and try to cut it down to the recommended amount!

First I commend you for making it through your 1st week and logging honestly every single day, even the day you went over. It made it easy for me to tell you that this week, because of the one measly day that you went over, it killed the deficit you had all week. You were in deficit of 1,028 but went over by 1,161 on your over day. That's why there was no loss.

Now that you know what happened, try to exercise a lot more when you go over so that you still have deficit for the week. Good luck and great work! Keep it up!

Edited to add: your sodium has been through the roof for a few days. That would be why your fingers swell up. I get that a lot too because I love convenience foods (and booze). Watch out for pre-made/pre-packaged foods. They're loaded with sodium.

Whatever you do, don't compare yourself to your fiance. Men lose faster than women. Plus men like to make a competition out of weight loss. My husband likes to announce every day how much he has lost. Over the years, I have found that not paying attention to his weight loss has helped me to just focus on what I'm doing. Don't get me wrong, I am really pleased that he is getting healthy too, but I just don't want to hear how much he's lost and how quickly. So this time around, we are pretty much keeping it all to ourselves. Numbers on the scale infuriates me!!! For me my loss is slow and steady and I will reach my goal if I keep reminding myself of this. You can do this!!!

You have only been on MFP for a couple of weeks which is not long enough to really understand what your body is responding to. For the last few days, your sodium and fat are off the charts. For me, fat is a problem and I have to keep it in check, so you might also have this issue. Secondly, you could be losing fat, but retaining water from all the sodium. For the next week, reduce one or the other and see what happens. Finally, do not compare your weight loss with a man. Men can often lose weight more easily than women do. Read some of the threads on here and you will learn that some women have lost 60 pounds 6 ounces at a time. It can be a long process but we can do it! Do not give up!

First, try not to compare your weight loss w/ his. Men's metabolisms are higher than ours, burning more and quicker. Wish I could borrow one of the guy's who's in my ofc metabolism.

Your workouts ... Make sure to do diff types workouts and not the same b/c our body gets used to one type and will began to plateau. Mix it up a bit ... Def adding toning and stretching in there, ie. Light weight workout routines, Pilates, etc. You've got the cardio down, just chng it from time to time for muscle confusion.

Hows your carb intake? Be careful there as well w/ your sugar intake. Eat more protein. Rat more veggies and fruit ... Lord knows I need to work on this.

Can you drink 100oz of water? Your water intakes great. But can you up it?

One last thing, sometimes we don't lose lbs but inches, so try not to get too frustrated and caught up on the numbers. I was told once, the fat we loose has yo go somewhere. That's when you're toning. Hows your clothes fitting? Test your too tight jeans. We all got a few of those right, lol;

You're doing great namesake! Keep at it! You WILL ser results!

So you have only counted calories for a week. A week is not long enough to really see any results. It took me 2 weeks before I saw the scale suddenly drop 4lbs. I think it has to do with water weight.

To start with, you've only logged consistently now for five days. If you're looking for quick results on the scale from the beginning of your program, you may need to reevaluate your expectations - Meaningful weight loss is not something that occurs quickly. You can gain weight a lot quicker than losing it. e.g. It takes 10 minutes to eat a 600-calorie piece of cake but an hour of intense exercise to burn that cake off.

It's great that you've made your food diary public. That way others can get a better sense of where you might be going wrong. Right away, I can see that your log isn't as accurate as it needs to be. When some people add foods to the MFP nutrition pool, they only include calories and/or macronutrients (protein, fat, carbs) and leave out vitamins and minerals. This can be deceiving because you don't know exactly what you're eating in the way of say, sodium, which I'd say is your biggest culprit right now.

Regarding your sodium intake:
On your first day of logging, May 6th, it looks like you only consumed 730mg of sodium. If you notice, there's no sodium information for your butterball burger (640mg sodium - WITHOUT bun, condiments) or sub (1600mg sodium without toppings or sauces). That gives you a bare minimum of 2970mg sodium for the day. Health Canada recommends getting no more than 2300mg sodium per day. On day 2, you have no sodium content for your cheese sandwich or your deli sandwich which I'm estimating will be over 600mg sodium each. This again puts your over the daily recommended intake. It's the same thing on day 3 and 4.

You've already mentioned the swelling in your fingers. This is a telltale sign of eating too much salt. Is your blood pressure up as well? You're definitely retaining water with the amount of sodium you ingest per day, and if you want to see a few scale pounds (not necessarily fat, but water weight) decrease this week, keep your sodium levels below 2000mg per day. I'd wager you'd see the scale drop by 5lbs in 7 days with this one change alone (provided you're eating the right number of calories).
Keep in mind, one binge day can set you back three or four days before: a) you burn off the extra calories; and b) your metabolism returns to normal function.

Quick tips for eating less sodium: stay away from fast foods, processed foods, packaged foods, extra cheese; eat more fresh, whole foods; log your intake accurately. Don't use other user's nutrition info for "homemade" foods because their recipe will vary from yours. If you're having a cheese sandwich, either create a recipe for it and log that, or individually log the specific bread and cheese you used plus the toppings and condiments.

To be honest, if you're wondering where you've gone wrong these past five days, and you're impatient that you haven't lost enough weight already (especially based on how you've been eating), you have some research to do about how to eat, exercise, and most importantly, create goals and expectations. Luckily, all that information can be found on the MFP forums, and you can always create your own topics when you can't find something.

Some great advice here. I agree 100% with dont compare yourself to your hubby, this is a huge mistake and can get frustrating. They have different DNA, burn different and ABSOLUTELY drop it more quickly. I now my husband lost 80 while I was losing so slowly. Also following an eating plan and workout regimen that go together can remove temptations and fueling your body with the wrong things and also getting it to burn the right way.

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